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Will Ryo Miyaichi be the next star of the Premier League?

Ryo Miyaichi has been getting a lot of praise since he joined Bolton on loan from Arsenal but now there are fears that he will run out of steam before the end of the season.

Miyaichi celebrating his goal against Millwall in the FA Cup

Since joining Bolton he has been a revelation and it is of little surprise that when he started playing, Bolton’s results started improving but manager Owen Coyle knows that young players need time and may not be able to play every game. But he was sublime in the big six pointer against Wolves where he helped his team to a 3-2 win. The 19 year old has now scored one goal and provided two assists for the club and he has just given everyone around the club a lift including the fans who now finally have a player that gets them out of their seat when he gets the ball which they have sadly been lacking this season. However, this may be a harsh assessment as they do have Martin Petrov who on his day can terrorise defences himself and Chris Eagles who has been a little in and out of the side but when he has played he has looked decent.

Miyaichi has only played in cup competitions for his parent club Arsenal so far and will be hoping that when he goes back at the end of the season he will have proved to Arsene Wenger that he is good enough for a place in his Premier League squad. They do currently have some good young wingers at the club in Alex Oxlade Chamberlain and Theo Walcott so he may find it difficult and may have to leave again on loan or permanently and I’m sure a lot of clubs in the league will be looking to take him on.

This is his second loan spell away from the club, with his first being at Feyernoord where he was quite impressive scoring three goals and getting five assists in his 12 games. On his debut he was given the man of the match which made the fans take to him straight away and label him ‘Ryodinho’ as he played like Ronaldinho did during his time at Barcelona when he was considered the best player in the world. Further praise was heaped on him as he was then called the Japanese Messi by their fans.

It is remarkable how quickly he has made an impact in the Premier League because in January people hadn’t really heard of him and now most full backs in the country will not be looking forward to playing against him. If he can replicate what Jack Wilshere did after his loan spell with Bolton then he will move onto bigger and better things and I just hope that his career doesn’t stall and if he isn’t getting the opportunities at Arsenal then he leaves as I want to see a lot more of him. I am sure the Bolton fans love him just like the Feyernoord fans did and if they stay up will want him to sign permanently.

6 thoughts on “Will Ryo Miyaichi be the next star of the Premier League?”

Jack Wilshere went to Bolton and impressed which earned him a starting place at Arsenal when he returned, the same happened to Daniel Sturridge at Chelsea and I think that Ryo could easily slot into the Arsenal team, but in his position there is a lot of rivalry at the London club. If he can continue to play as well as he has done for Bolton since joining on loan then surely Wenger will have no choice but to start him.

Oh yeah forgot to mention Sturridge but it is quite remarkable how often Bolton are doing it, are they turning into a feeder club for the big clubs? If that is the case then it won’t be a bad thing for both parties, Bolton will get the pick of their best youngsters and they will get Premier League experience from it

I think that just shows how little was known about him at the start of the season, as he has been brilliant and looked really promising yet the best football game out there didn’t know enough about him to rate him highly